Word: tanks
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...experts. Said a Boeing enthusiast: "I want to see our President land around this world in the biggest and best America has." Added a former Air Force One pilot: "The President should be able to take off in Washington and turn right or left and get there on one tank of gas -- Moscow or Peking." Security agents want every protection they can devise for these power nomads they must shepherd with increasing frequency through the globe's twilight zones...
...Peter Fox '72, an alumnus of the Hasty Pudding Theatrical Society. The pitching corps consists of Frito (Bobby DiCicco), a Bruce Springsteen-loving Hispanic; Duke (Wesley Thompson), a self-proclaimed persecuted Black; Moose (Vince Lucchesi), an over-the-hill knuckler; Ripper (Artie Gerunda), a Harvard educated alcoholic; and Tank (Eddie Frierson), a not-too-swift minded hurler...
...would fail to hold the audience's attention into the later innings. But the players' predicament creates an excellent vehicle for making the characters more interesting. The vulnerability of each player to the manager's axe, brought out best in separate monologues, successfully shows their strengths and weaknesses. Both Tank and Boomer's monologues are especially moving and genuine...
...Special-Effects Supervisor Richard Edlund), which created the special effects for Ghostbusters and this summer's Poltergeist II. But for its combination of technical resources, expertise and sheer filmmaking pizazz, ILM deserves that highest of compliments in the techno-'80s: state of the art. "They're a wonderful think tank," says Robert Zemeckis, director of Back to the Future. "One of the biggest tragedies in Hollywood is that no one puts money into research and development. ILM is trying to break new ground...
...thick and 37.5 ft. in circumference, designed to make certain that the superhot gases generated within each solid booster could not escape through the joints of the rocket's segments. When flames did penetrate a rocket joint on Challenger, they ignited the shuttle's external liquid-fuel tank, causing the explosion. The commission will cite the O-ring history not only as the cause of the catastrophe but also as an exemplar of the agency's fatally faulty system...